25 Things About the Cat Chaotic

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Not much going on here today – I’m working on a knitting project that’s a gift for someone who may or may not read my blog, so I’m erring on the side of caution and waiting a while to post about it.

Yesterday Mama Tulip posted her list of 100 things, which reminded me that I love those lists and that I want to do one for myself, too. But it’s going to take me a bit of time to work on that, so instead I shall give you 25 Things About the Cat Chaotic.

9. Chaos forms attachments to blankets and articles of clothing, most memorably my green sweatpants. Just a few days ago I had to rescue a wool blanket that he was dragging around before it got too many fang holes in it. (Do you know how heavy a wool blanket is?!)

10. Of his kittenhood stages, the messiest was his Jackson Pollock Phase. This consisted of him finding my mug of mocha everytime I left the room, sticking his paw into it, becoming disgusted at the goop on his paw and shaking off said goop onto all surrounding surfaces, then repeating until I returned to the room. Remember that monstrous mirror in my living room? Very hard to remove mocha from. Also hard to remove mocha from my laptop, the carpet, the cupboards…

11. The second messiest stage was his Raccoon Phase. All toys and “found” objects were dropped into his water dish to see what happened, then fished out with much splashing.

12. Additionally, when he had a self-waterer, he would put his little kitty arms around it and flip it over to watch the water run out onto the floor. He no longer has a self-waterer.

13. Chaos is a binge eater. Whatever amount of food he gets, he will eat it all in just a few minutes. If it’s too much food, he’ll hork it back up.

14. Because of this, he gets fed three small meals everyday.

15. He starts to whine and become very pesky about 1.5 hours before feeding time. In an attempt to get him to quit bothering me, I tried an automatic feeder. In less than a week, he had figured the feeder out and could extricate the entire day’s worth of food. He no longer has an automatic feeder.

16. Chaos likes to hop back and forth over the head of anyone sitting on the floor. I have needed more glasses adjustments due to Chaos colliding with the side of my head than for any other reason in my life.

17. He is able to open my folding closet doors. Said closet doors are all secured with bungee cords, since he has not developed anti-bungee technology yet.

18. In the morning, prior to being fed, Chaos purrs louder than any other cat I have ever heard. I can hear him through my bedroom door.

19. Chaos likes to hang out in several places you wouldn’t catch most cats dead in: on top of his litter box and in his cat carrier.

20. He does not approve of crazy living room dancing and will jump around trying to nip my hands should I start dancing.

21. One of his periodic interests is trying to eat the couch. He bites it and tries to rip holes in it with his teeth.

22. Chaos never uses his claws on the furniture – just on his scratching post and cardboard scratcher.

23. He likes having his claws trimmed because he knows he’ll get a treat.

25. Chaos loves tuna, but does not get to have it very often. He loves tuna so much that he will start whining and begging when I get out any sort of can or the can opener or even open the drawer in which I store the can opener.

Chaos sounds like a monster. I have a couple of monsters who sound very similar! Merlin has a very loud purr and any can opened in this house will have him and others running for the kitchen. He also has to eat small portions!

Yep, when we put food down for the cats, it’s a feeding frenzy. We feed them twice a day, or they’d be enormous.

Chaos certainly sounds like an interesting housemate! Beezel worked out how to open the folding doors into the room I used as a library once. We didn’t realise he could do that until I found out that he spent his time in the library spraying the one and only shelf of books that held my hardcover first edition signed scifi and fantasy books. I’m still trying to replace some of them!

how lucky and unfortunate you are to have such a smart kitty! he certainly keeps you on your toes! I dunno if Danger had lower urinary tract infection, but any kind of urinary tract infection is scary! (and expensive to treat)

*sniffle* i almost adopted a kitty today. I think I could have convinced C it was a good idea if our lease didn’t specify “No Pets”. There was a beautiful friendly Siamese there who looked almost exactly like his childhood cat Crystal. I still am fighting the urge to go back to PetSmart and adopt the kitty anyway.

My cats loved playing fetch too. A crumpled up ball of paper was their preferred toy. I find it amazing how animals get conditioned. Java drools in anticipation whenever she sees a pizza box. (Pizza bones are her favorite treat.)

i think our cats are the same cat in parallel universes. my cat’s name is chaos, and he’s the same black kitty…
same details too..loves to hang out in litter..purrs like and engine and barfs up all food that he too much of eats way too fast…who knew i don’t have the only chaos.

Mine has crystal issues, so he is on a special diet (and has been on it most of his life).

He weighed close to 20 lbs most of his life (at 12-years-old, he is now close to 12 lbs). He never really looked fat, though, because of how long he was.

The water dish/raccoon phase? Been there. He is done with that, now.

The horking issue? Yes, my cat gets two small wet meals a day, plus his dry food is put into cat treat balls and distributed, slowly, throughout the day.

He doesn’t drag around blankets, but does drag around his stuffed tiger. And bags of hamburger/hotdog buns, if accidentally left anywhere he can get to them.

And number 25? Yes, the can opener or any can is liable to cause complete chaos until it is determined if the source of food contains tuna. He drinks the water from the tuna cans whenever we make tuna fish sandwiches.

What a great list. Thank you for sharing about Chaos and what a cool name. My 12-year-old son got to name our first two kitties, who adopted us after being abandoned in the park. Saske and Itachi are both very healthy and have been with my family since 5-17-07 when they were about 5 weeks old. They are the coolest and most laid back. One is a binge eater and tends to bring back up what he gulps down too so we’ve taken to smaller meals as well and that really helped. We are totally a cat family – how can you not love ’em?!

Your list put a big smile on my face this morning. I love your list and have 5 cats that I could probably devote a few list to myself!

It’s so fun to read about other cat lover experiences because there is definitely a current of similarity running through them. I have lived with at least one cat since I was just a baby and have seen my share of frolic and mayhem!

Two of mine are binger/purgers as well so I also have to ration out food three times a day…makes for a well-paid petsitter!

One of them is Grace the 7-lb matriarch of the bunch and the other is Fletcher, aka “Spawn of Satan” who weighs in at a svelte 20 lbs. And yes, for him, that’s svelte…he used to weigh more!

Out of my 40 years of being loved by cats, I have learned things that they all have in common:

1. They are always on the wrong side of a door.
2. They are always hungry.
3. Because of #2, they always recognize the sound of an electric can opener…even if you have never owned one or used one in front of them before EVER.
4. They appreciate it when the toilet paper is in the “over the top” position because it makes for easier shredding.
5. They love it when you leave the electric blanket on all day.
6. They can sense when you’re guests are arriving and will always leave a steamy housewarming gift in their litter box.
7. This is for multiple cat people – No matter how many cats you may have on your lap, the odd one out always seems to find a way to wiggle in.
8. If there is a piece of paper on the floor, no matter how small, they will sit on it.
9. Similarly to #8, if there is a box siting anywhere within reach, no matter how small, they will sleep in it…even if it defies the laws of nature.
10. Similarly to #9, if there is a paper bag anywhere within reach, they will get in it.

These are just a few of the things I know for sure in life…maybe not much else but these I can carve in stone!

My cat Max has me trained to tell the kids to get him food or water. He just comes up to me and starts yelling at me until a kid does the chore. He also yells at my husband everyday when he comes home from work and doesnt stop until he has recieved the appropriate amount of love, which of course he decides not us.

Our cat Jasper (pure white) loves to play fetch, but he only understands the chase part. He doesn’t bother bringing the ball of paper back. Instead he comes back, sits down in front of you and waits for you to throw another one! Then he leaves us to clear up. Hey ho.

Ok so…Chaos apparently has a long lost brother, Apocalypso…who lives in my home. He is banned from self-waterers for the same reason…and I have the same folding closet door issue. And he sleeps in his carrier if I get it out.